Queen music download : Announced as torrent: Wembley Arena 08-12-80 (Flash Alive LP)

As promised, here's the torrent for everyone who aren't able to download from DimeADozen.

Original comments:


Dear Queenies,

For those of you on Dime, I just uploaded this. Give me some time and I will try to upload it here also. I'm new to all this shit so bear with me. I hope it's worth the effort and people can enjoy this superb recording.

Cheers,

Keith.

QUEEN - FLASH ALIVE (Wembley Arena, 8th December, 1980) - Transfer From Japanese Double LP

This has always been my favourite Queen bootleg. A great performance and lots of power, particularly showcasing Brian May's fantastic guitar sound. I saw Queen a lot when I was younger and there's not many that can match their production. A good friend of mine had this LP when we were at school. Such is the volume, we once trashed my speakers whilst listening to the 'Overture' at full tilt. My friend later sold his copy which is something he has always regretted. I hung on to my taped copy for years before deciding to track down the original LP myself; not an easy feat as it is now extremely rare and expensive (I paid £200 for it a couple of years ago). Although it is a very good copy, I had it professionally cleaned before transferring it to my PC. I'm afraid that my technical skills are lacking in this area and I simply used a USB turntable and Audacity. However, I think it's turned out well and IMO, it's a lot better than the recent 'Standing On The Arena' CD bootleg release. This is my first donation and as such, I hope I'm doing everything correctly. I didn't attempt to remove all the vinyl clicks as; a. I didn't want to mess with the recording too much and b. I wanted to hear the odd snap crackle and pop for old times sake. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Check out BM's guitar towards the end of Fat Bottomed Girls. There's a brief pause before it kicks back in with the beat. What a beautiful sound!



QUEEN - FLASH ALIVE (Wembley Arena, 8th December, 1980) - Transfer From Japanese Double LP

This has always been my favourite Queen bootleg. A great performance and lots of power, particularly showcasing Brian May's fantastic guitar sound. I would urge anybody who isn't familiar with this bootleg to give it a few spins. After a while, it becomes a complete monster. I saw Queen a lot when I was younger and there's not many that can match their production. A good friend of mine had this LP when we were at school. Such is the volume, we once trashed my speakers whilst listening to the 'Overture' at full tilt. My friend later sold his copy which is something he has always regretted. I hung on to my taped copy for years before deciding to track down the original LP myself; not an easy feat as it is now extremely rare and expensive (I paid £200 for it a couple of years ago). Although it is a very good copy, I had it professionally cleaned before transferring it to my PC. I'm afraid that my technical skills are lacking in this area and I simply used a USB turntable and Audacity. However, I think it's turned out well and IMO, it's a lot better than the recent 'Standing On The Arena' CD bootleg release. This is my first donation and as such, I hope I'm doing everything correctly. I didn't attempt to remove all the vinyl clicks as; a. I didn't want to mess with the recording too much and b. I wanted to hear the odd snap crackle and pop for old times sake. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Note the unusual order of the numbers at the end of the gig and check out BM's guitar towards the end of Fat Bottomed Girls (4:47). There's a brief pause before it kicks back in with the beat. What a beautiful sound! The vocals and guitar solo on Save Me are just heart-wrenching and listen to the crowd as BM steps to the front and delivers the solo in Play The Game. Vintage BM Bends! I also like the reference to the 'Royal Family' just prior to Bo Rap. Motherf*ckers!

Finally, I would like to tip my hat to the original taper; the origins of this recording ha

Yes indeed, I agree!:-)

can anyone upload this on mediafire please?

wow, thanks for this! Original Vinyl, cleaned up..that's heaven for an audiophile :-)))
Great share, thanks again!!

Amen!

Lucky you! :D
Wanna tell us how was the concert or on queenconcerts.com?
Best regards, Riccardo


p.s.:it's the first time Ginger is downloading from me! Hurrah!

You're totally right...!

Thanks for sharing. I really love the Game 1980 tour. Freddie Mercury was on fire during this period.

Take care

Minor historical note: this is the show played the night that John Lennon was killed. The following evening, the band played "Imagine" as a tribute to him.

Great share, and a great quality recording. Thanks again!

Thank you very much!!

I'm downloading at 220kBps, which is probably a record for QueenZone :-) I'll help seeding for at least a week

thanks thanks thanks !!!

MERCI BEAUCOUP

Thank you very much.

And here's the back.

Can't wait to hear this! Sounds wondrous! :D
Deepest gratitude!

I uploaded this to mediafire for someone else, so for anyone who can't use torrents here it is on mediafire:

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thanks for this!
looking forward to hear it after reading all the reactions on this show

Thanks for sharing and uploading to mediafire!

I have to agree - this is one of the best boots I have heard so far.

...I'm speechless - one of the greatest performances of all time.
I LOVE YOU ALL!

Thankyou, thankyou & thankyou! And Thanx so much for uploading in Mediafire Joe.

I agree with sir GH! Freddie is incredible during this show. Play the game is fantastic aswell and I love how he says: Flash I love you, I love you ,I love you:-)This is one of my absolute favourites.

Really grateful for you sharing this, but it's horribly distorted throughout. I know it's asking a lot but is there any chance you could maybe try retransferring from the vinyl please?

Ha! That did make me laugh. Very kind.. I was thinking this might be the next one as I've got a friend who went to that show, but distortion is impossible to fix, and if anything, a remaster will make it sound worse..

Fingers crossed for a new transfer, because it does sound like a good recording.

Mm, that does sound plausible. Let's hope it turns up! Still one of my top 10 recordings though. The master tape for this recording is probably around 3 on my wish list, beneath a complete recording of the Oakland 80 show (Death on two legs from that show...just unbelievable, one of the only occasions when Freddie not only nailed the song, but actually surpasses his studio performance) and an almost certainly non existent EX quality SBD recording of the 2nd night at Newcastle 79 :P
So yeah...if anyone has a magic lamp....

Maybe an excellent soundboard of Newcastle'79 exists. Several shows of the crazy tour were recorded! Most likely the manchester shows, liverpool 2nd night, 22.12.79 so let's hope that one of these shows had freddie in newcastle shape!

Hi Stark,

Thanks for the comments. Yes, it was my original transfer using a USB turntable so I could go back and do it again; in fact I will when I get a couple of spare days.

Your O2 remaster sounds interesting. I was at the O2 show and I'm familiar with the Wendy release....

As for Newcastle 79; yes indeed!!!!

Discovering 'new' tapes is immensely rewarding when you pull it off; I used to work really hard at it with Zep tapes although at times it was like trying to find the proverbial needle! The most satisfying discovery I personally had was probably the Belfast 1971 show where they played Stairway live for the first time. And Nancy (France) 1973 was quite an obscure one.

I haven't heard the Oakland 80 Queen show; I must pick that up based on bohemianmoomin comments!

Cheers,

Keith.

I certainly appreciate that show! Need your lovin' tonight is perfect during that show aswell. And Bohemian Rhapsody is a brilliant version. It's one of those shows with freddie in brilliant shape. I regret we do not have the complete show. Would love to hear Now I'm here and WATC from the Oakland'80 show.

If I think about Freddie's best performances, this is my list of shows: -London 8/12/80, - Newcastle 4/12/79, -Brussels 24/8/84, -tokyo 9/5/85, -Buenos Aires 8/3/81, -Puebla 17/10/81,-Leeds 29/5/82,-two vienna nights in '82, -Copenhagen'78, -Bristol and glasgow'77, -Leiden 11/6/86.
I've got a soft spot for New York 28/7/82 too. Nobody ever mentions that show as a great show but in my opinion Queen was in brilliant shape that night.
We had some discussion about freddie's live vocals on queenzone in the past but if you see this list(and there are more great shows(or better than average shows)we can say he could be fantastic live too. I'm only talking about his voice. As an entertainer he was ALWAYS in shape! And he always gave his all. I admire that about him. He simply went for it, and if his voice was shot he would still try to give the audience as much as possible of it.

You, sir, are a gentleman. If you email me your address I'll put a copy of the O2 show in the post in the next couple of days. Cheers!

I don't know if anyone else has found this but 'Let Me Entertain You' is missing from my download?
It is on the track list as no. 3 but plays as 'Play The Game'.

Also 'Death On Two Legs' is present but not on the tracklist (plays under 'Mustapha'). Mustapha plays under 'Play The Game'.

From 'I'm In Love With My Car' onwards the tracks match the list.

This is really a great show, does anyone have or know of any artwork as it's surely worthy of a cover.............is Alex listening (hint!)

Any chance of someone seeding this. I went to one of the Flash Gorden concerts and would love to get hold of a recording.

Cheers,

Anonymouse

Many thanks to Ginger01. I'll seed it for a few weeks (on and off, it's a laptop). It will bring back some great memories!

Anonymouse

I remember Freddie's comment about his mustache so it may be I was one of the audience! Thanks again Ginger01 and Keith for a cracking bootleg recording.

Anonymouse

I'd just search for Keep Yourself Alive or Bohemian Rhapsody in quotes.  Between the two of them, that should bring up just about every Queen share.

Please Seed!

Thank you Ginger!

This torrent's KILLING ME! LOL

I can stop killing myself now! Thank you!